Claudia stated at the wall in front of her. She had said her goodbyes to her family earlier because she wanted to do this on her own. But now that she was here, she started to have second thought. Lyssie had told her what to do. That wasn't the problem. Her problem was that she didn't know what would be waiting for her on the other side. She didn't have a chance to meet anybody at Diagon Alley because she had not gone there. Alyssa had with the rest of the family. That was before Alyssa had decided that she wasn't going to go back to Hogwarts. Claudia still couldn't understand why SHE had to take Alyssa's place. She was happy back in Salem.

As she continued to stare at the wall, she started to tear up. 'No I'm not going to cry. I'm tougher than Lyssie. If she survived a year here, I can too.' Claudia thought to herself. So she started to push her trolley towards the wall, when her fears overtook her and she turned around and headed away in the opposite direction.